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Here’s one for Nessie enthusiasts and cryptozoologists everywhere: a documentary about the monster-hunting frenzy at Loch Ness in the 1970s and 80s. “It was a race! It was zoological Mount Everest!” remembers one hunter. Someone else recalls reading that discovering the Loch Ness monster would be bigger than the moon landing. There’s even an old clip of David Attenborough on Michael Parkinson’s chat show discussing – with not a trace of scepticism – the search for a creature lurking in the deep dark waters.What strikes…

A giant creature thought to inhabit the waters of Scotland's Loch Ness remains a popular subject of speculation, in spite of pretty thorough debunkings.One of the last plausible explanations for the beast has now too joined the discard pile. After careful investigation, data scientist Floe Foxon of Pinney Associates and the Folk Zoology Society has determined that Nessie sightings are unlikely to be encounters with giant eels."In this new work from the Folk Zoology Society, a much-needed level of scientific rigor and…

Mike Ness, singer and guitarist for the legendary SoCal punk group Social Distortion, said Wednesday he has stage one tonsil cancer.“We think that life is going to go according to our plan, but it has a way of saying ‘I don’t think so!’” the 61-year-old Ness wrote on Instagram, announcing his diagnosis and treatment. “I was feeling well enough to continue with recording in the studio up until the very day before surgery,” he continued. “The recovery from surgery is a day-by-day process and in three weeks we start…

Comedians Ali Wong, Jonathan Van Ness and Anthony Jeselnik have joined the lineup for the Just for Laughs comedy festival’s 41st edition this summer. The comedy festival in Montreal that revolutionized stand-up comedy by discovering top comics like Kevin Hart, Dave Chappelle and Jimmy Fallon has seen its earlier move into programming solo touring shows pay off as veterans of Netflix comedy specials, like Wong, Van Ness and Jeselnik, dominate its first lineup announcement for its upcoming July 14 to 29…

NFL QB Joe Burrow of the Cincinnati Bengals is a big fan of Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. series, and specifically Ness. Ahead of this weekend's Conference Championship games, Burrow confirmed during a press conference that, instead of watching game film on flights to away games, he likes to play Smash.Now, Burrow does spend time watching game tape--but by the time he's on the plane headed to the next destination, he's finished and ready to play Smash. His favorite character to play as? None other than…

Ahead of her highly-anticipated Super Bowl Halftime Show performance next month, Rihanna has teamed up with Mitchell & Ness for a new merch collection.The “Fenty for Mitchell & Ness” capsule collection consists of various oversized t-shirts, a jacket, and hoodies. Many of the pieces feature the imagery that Rihanna famously used to announce her performance last year. They also feature a quote from Rihanna, which reads, “If there’s anything I’ve learned, it’s that we can fix this world together. We can’t do it…

Fanatics bought Mitchell & Ness in February of 2022.Source: FanaticsSome of the biggest names in sports and entertainment are investing in Fanatics' lifestyle clothing brand, Mitchell & Ness.Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin said the new ownership group will include LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Chris Paul, CJ McCollum, Devin Booker, James Harden, Joel Embiid, Odell Beckham Jr., Kevin Hart, Rich Paul, Rich Kleiman, Scooter Braun and Steve Stoute.Established in 1904 in Philadelphia, Mitchell & Ness now makes and sells…

Artist’s impression of spinosaurus and plesiosaur in a river. Credit: Dr. Nick Longrich/University of Bath Plesiosaur fossils discovered in an ancient riverbed suggests some species, traditionally thought to be sea creatures, may have lived in freshwater.Fossils of small plesiosaurs, long-necked marine reptiles from the age of dinosaurs, have been discovered in a 100-million-year-old river system that is now in Morocco’s Sahara Desert. This discovery suggests some species of plesiosaur, previously thought to be sea…

Scientists say that fossils of small plesiosaurs may prove that the Loch Ness monster could “plausibly” exist. Researchers at the University of Portsmouth claim to have discovered small fossils belonging to plesiosaurs in a river system in modern-day Morocco. Based on the discoveries, they say that the Loch Ness monster may not be as fictional as originally thought. New fossils suggest Loch Ness monster could exist Image source: Daniel Eskridge / AdobeWhether you have always believed the Loch Ness monster…

Credit: Yulia Bogomolova/Shutterstock Reports of Loch Ness monster sightings keep coming. The latest report, accompanied by a video, is of a 20–30ft long creature occasionally breaking the water's surface. Although the video clearly shows a moving v-shaped wake it does not reveal the underlying source. The witnesses certainly saw something, but what?…